"You believed that because you were the star of the show you could do whatever you wanted," Ms O'Rourke continued.

"You are wrong," he replied.

Ms O'Rourke was referring to evidence earlier in the trial from three of the show's former wardrobe staff who said the actor would deliberately sleep naked on a sofa bed knowing that he had asked them to come in and wake them.

Hughes has denied this, saying that he always wore the dressing gown of his character in the show, Martin Kelly.

"Wasn't there a blanket you could have worn?" Ms O'Rourke asked.

"There was no bedding provided," Hughes replied.

"Couldn't you have just set an alarm [to wake you up]?" Ms O'Rourke continued.

"I could have," he replied.

"Mr Hughes, you are making it up as you go along," she continued.

"I'm not making it up," the he replied, shaking his head in exasperation.

It was one of at least 10 occasions that Ms O'Rourke accused Hughes of making up his evidence to cover up for what he had allegedly done.

Hughes then moved into the somewhat calmer waters of re-examination by his lawyer, Greg Walsh, but the proceedings were cut short when Ms O'Rourke suffered a migrane.